No Patches on Hay Army Bill Advances in House
Washington March 20 The House rejects increases to the regular army in the Hay bill and moves toward sending the measure to the Senate as framed. Chairman Hay hopes for a final vote tomorrow after debates uphold the President’s preferred size and the shift to federalized National Guard. Additional votes blocked higher peace strength, with amendments targeting 140000 up to 220000 discussed amid a substitute for 250000.
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Washington
Senate
Hay
Military Committee
Garrison
National Guard
House
Kahn
Representative Fulton
Illinois
Purchasing Agent Urged by Boston Finance Commission
The Boston Finance Commission urged Mayor Curley to pass an ordinance expanding the supply department to cover all city departments for buying floor preservatives. It advised adopting a standard preservative type and oil to achieve satisfactory results at about the current price paid by the school committee for school floor oil.
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Finance Commission
Curley
Boston
Grove Hall tunnel bills sent adverse by committee
The committee on metropolitan affairs reported both Grove Hall tunnel bills adversely in the House yesterday afternoon. It also scheduled hearings on two elevated railroad station bills in the West End at Leverett and Charles streets and near Charles and Cambridge streets.
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Committee On
Grove Hall Tunnel
West End
Leverett and
Charles Streets
Charles and
Cambridge Streets
How to Reduce Weight With Oil of Kerein Capsules
An advertisement touts oil of kerein capsules as a safe simple weight loss method with outdoor activity and weekly weigh ins. It claims rapid early results and no starvation, urging regular dosing until normal weight is reached. The piece then shifts to a local 1914 court case over poultry ownership involving Beatrice and Nettie roosters, Beatrice awarded to Chase after a hearing, with White appealing.
Beatrice and Nettie Return to Court and Jail in 1914
Beatrice and Nettie face repeated court appearances and indignities in April 1914. After multiple hearings, Mr. Chase wins custody for Beatrice, while Mr. White appeals. Beatrice is released to Mr. White after he posts a $100 bond, with the dispute moving toward higher court levels.
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Beatrice
Nettie
Lawrence
Mr. White
Barnyara
Rooster Brings Pride and Trial Drama to Beatrice
A court case ponders a rooster named Nettie and Beatrice ties to a legal dispute over lineage. The third trial in March heard experts and Poultry Association witnesses as Beatrice gains recognition while Nettie dies in an institution.
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Beatrice
Nettie
Lawrence Industrial School
Corker
Chase
Mr. White
White
Henry Taylor
Maine
Beatrice the Rhode Island Red Rooster Sent to Rest Cure
Beatrice of Andover, owned by Herbert L. White, has suffered a nervous breakdown and is quietly placed in a private rest cure rooster sanitarium to recuperate. The tale also mentions a dead rooster named Nettie as part of the surrounding confusion.
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Andover
Beatrice
Rhode Island
Herbert L. White
Nettie
Seek Son of Ladderman Webber Missing in Roxbury
George C. Webber 15, son of Ladderman Henry Webber of Ladder 12, from 28 Weston street Roxbury, has been missing since March 13. He was last seen with older youths after leaving home to visit a friend. He is described as about 5 feet 5 inches, 140 pounds, light hair and blue eyes, wearing a black and white striped mackinaw, checked cap, gray trousers, and black shoes.
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George C. Webber
Henry Webber
Ladder 12
Weston Street
Roxbury
Everett board of assessors chair completes 40th year
Chairman Columbus Corey of the Everett Board of Assessors marks his 40th consecutive year of service to the city. He began as postmaster of Everett in 1876 for three years before taking the assessors chair, a position he has held since.
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Columbus Corey
Tiverett
Robert Luce to Speak on Patriots Day in Lexington
The Lexington Historical Society schedules its annual Patriots Day memorial in Lexington Town Hall on April 18. Willard C Hill is named committee chairman and Robert Luce of Somerville has been secured as the orator for the event.
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Lexington Historical Society
Lexington Town Hall
Willard c. Hill
Robert Luce
Somerville
Harvard man to head BU finance department
Ralph B. Wilson A M of Cambridge named head of the finance department at Boston University College of Business Administration for the coming year with the title assistant professor. He is a graduate of Ohio State University and Harvard trained, with prior work in investment analysis and finance.
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Ralph B. Wilson
Cambridge
Boston University
College of Business Administration
Wilson
Ohio State University
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Hocking Valley
Columbus
New England
Harvard
School of Commerce and Finance
Boston Y. M. C. A
GOP in Row Over Chairman in Chicago Meeting
The Republican sub committee on arrangements failed to pick a temporary chairman for the June national convention in Chicago after hours of debate. If no agreement is reached tomorrow the issue shifts to April 20. Candidates include Warren G Harding, Nicholas Murray Butler, Philander C Knox, with Harding Butler and Knox most favored.
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Chicago
National Committee
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
New
McCormick to be sent to insane asylum in murder case
Richard J L McCormick 30 of Cambridge was indicted yesterday for first degree murder for beating his mother to death with a sledge hammer on March 15. He will probably be committed to an insane asylum.
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Richard JL. McCormick
Cambridge
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedies Endorsement Ad
A Paterson New Jersey reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier with ending long suffered female ailments. The testimonial urges others to try the remedies to improve back pain irregularity exhaustion and dreams. Mrs Elsie J. Vander Sande cites Godwin Street Paterson as the endorsing critic.
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Paterson, N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elsie J. Vander Sande
Godwin Street
Paterson
N. J
Nine vessels sell fresh fish at high prices after arrival
Nine vessels sold their fresh fares yesterday following arrivals on Sunday morning. Wholesale prices remained high with haddock 6 1-4 to 8 3-4 cents and cod at 14 cents for steak, 5 cents for market cod, 9 cents for steak pollock, and 7 1/2 cents for cask. The list includes East panel to Pythian vessels with total fares listed as 388,500. The wreckage of the Ashland and Kohinoor was bought for 16 dollars by Betts Brothers and Susie Dans lighter Lady Ellen to Scituate for wreck work.
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Haddock
Cod
Pollock
T & Arthur
Waltham
W. Nunan
Ashland
Kohinoor
Scituate
Betts Brothers
Lady Ellen
Bond
Ontario
Baltimore
J. R. Bodwell
Rockport
Boston
Portland
Charlton Hall
Chilian
Mystic
British Monarch
Allan Line
Glasgow
New England
Oriental
Kathlamba
Commonwealth
British steamer Westmeath unloads wool and cargo at port
The Westmeath, commanded by Captain Thompson, with a full cargo of wool and four passengers, arrived yesterday afternoon aboard the United Fruit steamer Limon from Port Limon via Wavana. The ship carried bananas valued at $2,000, along with grapefruit, eggplant, cucumbers, molasses, and tobacco in its cargo. The Landsman.
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Westmeath
Thompson
United Fruit
Limon
Port Limon
Wavana
Shipping News Arrivals and Towing Movements Listed
A detailed shipping notices list reports steamers and schooners along with their routes ports and tows. Vessels include Kathlamba Smith Hong ong Singapore Manila Penang West meath Thompson Sydney N S W Port Pirie Wellington Montivideo Limon Jeffry Port Limon Havana City of St. Louis Savannah Tuscan Thacher Philadelphia L. W. Stoddard Hodg don Sewalls Point Ontario Bond Newport News Norfolk Mohawk Inter soll Newtown Creek Governor Dingley Lin scott Portland tugs Charles W Parker Jr Annie for Portsmouth Emelie Fall River Neptune Cunningham Boston Lansford New York British Monarch Glasgow Calvin Austin Eastport St John Everett Melrose Arlington Walter D Noyes Lamberts Point Berkshire Middlesex Gloucester Jess Ashley Eskimo Alma tug Cheektowaga barge numbers 780 758 Perth Amboy New London barge 702.
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Kathlamba
Smith
Hongong
Singapore
Manila
Penang
Westmeath
Thompson
Sydney
Port Pirie
Wellington
Montivideo
Limon
Jeffry
Port Limon
Havana
City of St. Louis
Johnson
Savannah
Tuscan
Thacher
Philadelphia
L. W. Stoddard
Hodg
Don
Sewalls Point
Ontario
Bond
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Mohawk
Intersoll
Newtown Creek
Dingley
Linscott
Portland
Charles W. Parker, Jr
Lamberts Point
Annie
Portsmouth
Blwabyk
New Bedford
Delaware Breakwater
Emelie
Fall River
Neptune
Cunningham
Boston
William H. Yer
British Monarch
Glasgow
Calvin Austin
Eastport
St. John
N. B
Everett
Melrose
Arlington
Walter D. Noyes
Berkshire
Middlesex
Gloucester
Jessie Ashley
Wolfville
N. S
Eskimo
Alma
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Dover
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Rooster
Omah P. Chase
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Kissel
Kisselkar
Lawrence & Holmes
Mers
Commonwealth Avenue
Mass
Tel
Brookline
Providence
R. 11
Salem
Lynn
Springfield
Seek
Ladderman
Patriots
Ie Mohican Market
Pete Borane
Swift’s Premium
Meadowbrook
York State
LENOX
Procter & C Gamble’s
Royal Baking
Harvard Man
Bridgewater
Worcester Insane Asylum
Frank P. O'Donnell
Middlesex County
Harding
Butler
Knox
M’cormick
Il Health
New Fish Pier
Shipping News
Tremont Stores
Tremont St
Kentucky
Oliggett
Myers Tobacco Co
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